The Rohingya are one of the most persecuted groups of people in the world, yet they continue to face the devastating effects of violence day after day. These vulnerable people have been forced to flee their homes, leaving behind their communities and the lives they once led, as they now must face a life on the road, struggling to find a safe place to stay.

Our emergency appeal was set up to allow essential aid to reach the Rohingya; donations really can make all the difference to these refugees who have lost everything. At Islamic Help, our aim is to show you how to help the Rohingya – charity donations and aid must be a joint effort if we want to reach as many of those who are at risk as possible.

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Rohingya Refugees

The Rohingya are a minority Muslim group, formerly living in Myanmar. However, many have been forced to flee to neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh in order to escape persecution and violence. The UN has described the Rohingya as one of the world’s most persecuted minority groups, due to the extreme violence these people have faced at the hands of the authorities in Myanmar.

Life has not been easy for the Rohingya for many years – for decades, they have struggled to gain citizenship and rights in Myanmar once the nation gained independence from British colonial rule in 1948. However, they were only to be denied time and again, leading to increased tensions and conflict.

In recent years, violence has taken hold, resulting in many of the Rohingya being driven from their homes. In the worst cases, entire communities have been completely destroyed. Now, these people have nowhere to go; they have no homes or belongings and many have lost friends, family members and loved ones.

How to Help the Rohingya

Due to restrictions on providing aid and relief inside Myanmar, it can be incredibly difficult to get assistance to the people who need it the most. At Islamic Help, we are actively working to support as many vulnerable Rohingya refugees as possible, helping to make a real difference to their lives.

However, it isn’t just the Rohingya in Myanmar who need our help. Many of the Rohingya have fled to seek refuge in neighbouring countries in an attempt to escape the violence and build a new life for themselves and their families. Life without a permanent place to call home is hard, and these people are at risk every single day.

As a charity working directly to help the Rohingya, our aid comes in many different forms, including food, clean water, shelter and accommodation, medicine, health supplies, and hygiene and sanitation. This allows us to help those most in need as much as possible, identifying what these vulnerable people need to survive and doing everything we can to provide it.

Even a small Rohingya donation can go a long way towards supporting these vulnerable people in their time of need; when you donate with Islamic Help, you really do make a difference.

How a Rohingya Donation Can Help

Islamic Help has already distributed more than £1,000,000 of emergency aid to help and support the Rohingya. However, with your continued support, we can keep reaching out to as many vulnerable Rohingya refugees as possible. These families, children and orphans are in desperate need of our assistance; please support our vital work and enable us to send aid to the Rohingya today.

Just £150 can provide an essential food package for five families.

£360 will allow you to sponsor a Rohingya orphan, changing their life for the better.

Only £450 can build a home for an entire Rohingya family, providing somewhere safe to stay.

£1,000 can send life-saving medical support to the Rohingya.

£4,500 will build homes for ten Rohingya families, helping to rebuild the community.

How you can help

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DONATE: With your help we'll be able to ensure that emergency aid is provided to families in desperate need.

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Latest updates from our campaign

Helping Rohingya Refugees, One Year On

05Sep

A year ago Islamic Help started emergency relief work for Rohingya refugees who had started arriving in Bangladesh after fleeing Myanmar (formerly Burma). What started as a trickle of refugees fleeing persecution in Rakhine state in northern Myanmar became an exodus. Within a few weeks nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees had arrived in neighbouring Bangladesh, swelling the country’s Rohingya refugee population to an estimated 1.4 million. It was described by the United Nations... Read the Story

How You Are Helping 435k Rohingya Refugees Every Month

12Mar

Long term programmes established by Islamic Help thanks to the generosity and backing of our donors are helping the equivalent of 435,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh every month. The refugee crisis started in August 2017 when Rohingya Muslims started fleeing Myanmar (Burma) for neighbouring Bangladesh. What started as a trickle became and exodus and within a couple of months more than 650,000 Rohingya refugees had arrived in Bangladesh. Shortly after the crisis erupted, we... Read the Story

Ramadan food aid for Rohingya refugees

26Jun

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees forced to flee Myanmar (Burma) have received emergency food aid as part of Islamic Help's Ramadan campaign. The Ramadan food packs distribution was held in the Bayeun refugee camp in Aceh Timur, Indonesia, which has seen an influx of refugees who have risked their lives to flee their native country. The camp, which is run by UNHCR – the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – and Indonesian authorities houses at least 738 Rohingya... Read the Story

Emergency aid deliveries to Rohingya Muslims

14Jun

Islamic Help has launched a major emergency appeal to help the Rohingya Muslim population of Myanmar (Burma). The Rohingya population in Myanmar, estimated to be about 1.5 million, is among the most oppressed communities on Earth, according to the United Nations. Denied citizenship, they are barred from accessing crucial services like medical aid and free movement. As part of our emergency appeal, Islamic Help teams are on the ground distributing food packs and water to help families... Read the Story

Emergency Aid To 140k Rohingya Refugees

29Oct

Islamic Help and its partners and supporters have provided essential and life-saving aid to more than 140,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the space of just six weeks. Since the launch of our Rohingya emergency appeal in September, thousands of individual donors and dozens of mosques and other organisations have responded to help one of the world's most persecuted minorities. Their support has provided emergency food packs, medical camps, hygiene packs, tents and shelter... Read the Story

Helping Rohingya Refugees in 2017 Crisis

29Sep

Towards the end of August 2017, Rohingya Muslims started fleeing Myanmar (Burma) as the authorities launched a crackdown on dissidents. In just over a month, that trickle of refugees into neighbouring Bangladesh had swollen to more than 400,000. Each and every man, woman and child seeking refuge in Bangladesh is in desperate need of emergency aid and the essentials of life. Food, water, shelter, medicines. With their villages destroyed and burned to the ground, entire communities fled... Read the Story